YouTube teases new Coachella documentary

YouTube Originals is partnering with the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival for a special documentary celebrating the festival’s 20th anniversary.

According to a press statement from YouTube, “Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert” will include “exclusive, never-before-seen footage and interviews” documenting the Californian festival’s colorful history.


The documentary will also feature performances by some of music’s biggest names, including Billie Eilish, Kanye West, Daft Punk, Travis Scott, Blackpink, Swedish House Mafia, Björk, The White Stripes, Madonna, Moby, Beck, Radiohead and others.

In addition to releasing the Chris Perkel-directed “Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert”, YouTube will return this year for the 10th year in a row as the official playlist and livestream partner for both weekends of the festival.

As is tradition, YouTube Premium members will receive exclusive access to a limited supply of passes for the 2020 edition of Coachella, which will take place across the second and third weekends of April.

General on-sale passes for weekend 1 (April 10 to 12) are currently sold out, while tickets for the festival’s second weekend (April 17 to 19) went on sale Jan. 6.

The announcement of “Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert” arrived on the heels of the star-studded lineup for the 2020 edition of the festival, which will be headlined by Travis Scott, Frank Ocean and Rage Against the Machine.

Weekend 1 is sold out  Register for Weekend 2 presale at https://t.co/x8PRTb12Eh. Presale starts Monday 1/6 at 12pm PT pic.twitter.com/QPRYnJVe9P

— Coachella (@coachella) January 3, 2020

Additional performers include Thom Yorke, Lana Del Rey, Lil Uzi Vert, FKA twigs, DaBaby, Run the Jewels, Megan Thee Stallion, Lil Nas X, City Girls as well as Charli XCX.

Film composer and former Oingo Boingo frontman Danny Elfman will also make a special appearance at the festival, leading fans to speculate about whether he will perform some of his most popular compositions like the scores of “The Nightmare Before Christmas”, “Edward Scissorhands” and “Men in Black”.

I guess the cat is out of the bag. @coachella 2020!

Danny Elfman… Past, Present and Future! From Boingo to Batman and Beyond!#coachella #coachella2020 pic.twitter.com/qVKk4Siq3z

— Danny Elfman (@dannyelfman) January 3, 2020

This is not the first time that an award-winning film composer will take the stage of the Empire Polo Club.

Hans Zimmer made his debut at Coachella in 2017, bringing some of his most famous soundtracks to life alongside a full orchestra and special guest Pharrell Williams.

Ahead of the 2020 edition of Coachella, watch the newly-released teaser for “Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert”:

source: entertainment.inquirer.net

Axl Rose, back with Guns N’ Roses, to front AC/DC

INDIO, United States—Axl Rose fired up a reunited Guns N’ Roses at the Coachella festival on Saturday as he was announced as the new frontman of an even more veteran hard rock group—AC/DC.

In one of rock’s most long discussed reunions, Rose performed on the festival stage in the California desert with guitarist Slash, who until this month had not joined his former bandmate and on-off nemesis for more than two decades.

Guns N’ Roses added a fresh surprise as Angus Young, the lead guitarist of AC/DC, suddenly appeared on stage late in the set, hours after the Australian rockers named Rose as their at least temporary new singer.

In a preview of the new AC/DC, Rose brought out his classic intense scream for the Australians’ “Whole Lotta Rosie” as Young pranced on stage in his trademark school uniform and let loose with rapid-fire guitar in coordination with Slash.

Yet Rose on his day of triumph projected an awkward image: a recent injury confined him to a chair, with his left leg in a cast. The singer famous for his emotional intensity and races across stage fidgeted in a sort of sedentary, agitated dancing.

AC/DC broke off a North American tour last month after saying that singer Brian Johnson, 68, risked permanent loss of hearing if he kept performing with the notoriously loud band.

The band said Rose would front AC/DC on a 12-show European leg starting on May 7 in Lisbon.

Rose will then return to North America for the arena tour of the reformed Guns N’ Roses, with the 10 postponed AC/DC dates in the United States to be rescheduled later.

Rose, like Johnson, can bring out a punishing grittiness on high notes, but the Guns N’ Roses frontman enjoys a much more versatile vocal range.

Sudden change for AC/DC

AC/DC kept open whether Rose would stay permanently. The band had planned shows only until June at the end of a marathon global tour for its 2014 album “Rock or Bust.”

But the band made clear that Johnson was out, issuing a statement thanking him “for his contributions and dedication to the band throughout the years.”

“We wish him all the best with his hearing issues and future ventures. As much as we want this tour to end as it started, we understand, respect and support Brian’s decision to stop touring and save his hearing,” it said.

Johnson, however, has been quiet in public and has reportedly voiced dismay at his swift exit. US comedian and radio host Jim Breuer said he spoke to Johnson, who felt “kicked to the curb” by his bandmates and did not believe his hearing problems were as serious as described by the group.

Johnson was not an original member of AC/DC, joining after singer Bon Scott died in 1980 after a night of heavy drinking.

The loss of Johnson is the latest major change for AC/DC. Malcolm Young, the rhythm guitarist and brother of Angus, retired before “Rock or Bust” as he suffers dementia.

Drummer Phil Rudd was pushed out after he was arrested on charges of ordering a murder in New Zealand, where he lives.

Long-awaited reunion

Guns N’ Roses became global sensations with 1987’s “Appetite For Destruction,” which remains the best-selling debut album ever.

But the rough living described in the songs was not far from reality and the band suffered frequent friction, with the classic lineup calling it quits after a 1993 show in Buenos Aires.

A reunion had long been thought impossible, with Rose a few years ago calling Slash “a cancer” and refusing to join him at the band’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction.

But Slash and Rose—who are expected to earn millions of dollars for the reunion—briefly locked arms as they bid farewell to fans after their encore, which culminated in flames on stage and fireworks above.

Guns N’ Roses played their best-known hits, from deviant “Appetite for Destruction” anthems to the mega-ballad “November Rain,” but also “Chinese Democracy,” with Slash performing the 1998 title track of the infamously delayed album that came out after his departure.

While the reunion was announced for Coachella, the band played a surprise show on April 1 at the Troubadour, a small Los Angeles club where the group was discovered, and then two shows at a new arena in Las Vegas.

In a noticeable break from the past, the band opened its Coachella set on time.

source: entertainment.inquirer.net